Life could exist in clouds of Jupiter, not Venus: Research
   Date :30-Jun-2021

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NEW DELHI :
 
JUPITER’S clouds have water conditions that would allow earth-like life to exist, but this isn’t possible in Venus’ clouds, according to the groundbreaking finding of research led by Queen’s University Belfast scientists. For some decades, space exploration missions have looked for evidence of life beyond earth where we know that large bodies of water, such as lakes or oceans, exist or have previously existed.
 
However, the new research shows that it isn’t the quantity of water that matters for making life viable, but the effective concentration of water molecules -- known as ‘water activity’. The new study also found that research published by an independent team of scientists last year, claiming that the phosphine gas in Venus’ atmosphere indicates possible life in the sulphuric acid clouds of Venus, is not plausible.